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Create a base‐type value, apply `baseManipulator`, then convert it.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlar_customizedtyperef.h>`

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template<class t_MANIPULATOR>
int
createBaseAndConvert(t_MANIPULATOR& baseManipulator) const;
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== Description

Create an uninitialized value of the base type, apply the specified `baseManipulator` to it, then call the `bdlat_CustomizedTypeFunctions::convertFromBaseType` function with this object and the value.

== Return Value

0 on success and non‐zero otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *baseManipulator*
| manipulator to apply to the base value
|===


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